I thought I would never see snow in Shanghai, but it snowed all afternoon Wednesday. Now that the weather is below freezing and all the Christmas decorations are up around the city, I’m finally getting into the holiday spirit.
Today I’m just at the office drinking hot chocolate milk tea and eating some leftover beer bread. I put a handful of green xinjiang raisins in this batch, and it’s really delicious. Xinjiang raisins are air-dried in the hot desert air of China’s western provinces.
Beer Bread Recipe
Ingredients:
3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
3 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 can beer (room-temperature)
1 1/4 cup melted butter
Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 190 C (375 F).
2. Mix the dry ingredients and beer until just moistened.
3. Pour mixture into a greased pan.
4. Pour melted butter over the mixture.
5. Bake for about 1 hour.
6. Let the bread cool for about 15 minutes in the pan.
**Feel free to add sharp cheddar cheese and jalapenos if you want beer bread with a kick. If you’re adding dried fruit, don’t forget to soak it in boiling water for a few minutes before adding it to the mix.
I’m a big fan of edible gifts. I really like all these homemade bread wrapping ideas (from 1, 2, 3, 4).
We went to the Christmas market the other day and ate some currywurst. It’s almost hard to tell we’re in China in the last photo except for the Santa Claus!
17 Comments
Zarna
December 17, 2010 at 4:30 amthis beer bread looks great!!
The Latent Fox
December 17, 2010 at 6:27 amWow, great shots.
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Becca.
December 18, 2010 at 12:31 amlovely photos, yum beer bread!
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Nadia Aboulhosn
December 18, 2010 at 5:20 ambeer bread looks amazing
minnja
December 18, 2010 at 2:45 pmI love that post :)))))))
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Emily, Ruby Slipper Traveller
December 18, 2010 at 7:21 pmI've seen a few recipes for beer bread and want to try it out some day!
As for that market… yeah, it doesn't look like you're in China at all. Looks fun though. I'm going to some Christmas markets this week. Yay!
meugh
December 19, 2010 at 11:57 amlove this post! it's made me kinda hungry lol xx
saraM E U G H
December 19, 2010 at 11:58 amlove this post! it's made me kinda hungry lol xx
explicit.rex
December 19, 2010 at 7:19 pmthat beer bread looks gooood. Today I'm going to try to make gingerbread! Also one of these days I might try to recreate currywurst because I haven't had it since Berlin.
Mamushka Marie
December 19, 2010 at 8:46 pmoh wow that looks soooo good, definitely going to have to try that as I have been in major baking mode recently! Hope you have a lovely holiday my friend!! <3<3<3
fondly,
Claire
SMASH
December 19, 2010 at 9:01 pmOkay I feel kind of dumb but I had no idea it could snow in Shanghai. At all. The more you know, eh? And of course that beer bread looks delicious (but maybe minus the raisins. Raisins are my sworn enemy :X)
xx
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La Michelle
December 19, 2010 at 9:10 pmthis looks soo good, jummy
xoxo
Hope Adela
December 20, 2010 at 2:06 ami've never had beer bread before; need to try it one of these days! your two friends are so cute by the way! 😉
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kirstyb
December 20, 2010 at 6:20 pmmust give that bread a go x
Leslie
December 21, 2010 at 5:40 pmThat bread looks amazing! Shanghai is lovely through your lens–makes me want to visit desperately!
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